John C. Boothroyd
John C. Boothroyd is the Burt and Marion Avery Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University.[1] In 2016 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in Microbial Biology and Animal, Nutritional, and Applied Microbial Sciences.[2]
Education[edit]
Boothroyd has a BSc from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He earned his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in molecular biology.[2]
Career[edit]
Boothroyd worked as a scientist at Wellcome Research Laboratories in the Department of Immunochemistry and Molecular Biology. He joined the faculty at Stanford University in 1982.[2] Boothroyd was appointed to the position of the Burt and Marion Avery Professor of Immunology in February 2015 at the Stanford School of Medicine.[3]
In 2018 he was chosen to be the faculty director of the Stanford-hosted global meeting of the 2018-2019 Schmidt Science Fellows.[4]
Honors[edit]
In 2008 he was awarded the Leuckart Medal from the German Society for Parasitology. In 2016 he was elected to become a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Professor John Boothroyd". Schmidt Science Fellows. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ a b c d "John Boothroyd". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "John Boothroyd appointed to endowed professorship". News Center. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ University, Stanford (2018-11-29). "Stanford to host global gathering of Schmidt Science Fellows". Stanford News. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
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